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Detective Files Discrimination Claim Against Seattle Police

Detective Denise “Cookie” Bouldin filed the tort claim Friday. It alleges she has faced daily discrimination during her 43 years with the department. Read More
United Nations Report will Give Stark Climate Warning

A major new United Nations report being released Monday will provide a sobering reminder that time is running out if humanity wants to avoid passing a dangerous global warming threshold. The report by hundreds of the world’s top scientists is the first to summarize the research on global warming compiled since the Paris climate accord was sealed in 2015 Read More
Some Top Republicans Rally to Trump as Possible Charges Loom

Top Republicans, including some of Donald Trump’s potential rivals for the GOP's 2024 presidential nomination, are rushing to his defense after Trump said he's bracing for possible arrest.in a case that the Manhattan district attorney is investigating over hush money payments made to women who alleged Trump had sexual encounters with them Read More
BNSF Trains Derail in Washington, Arizona; No Injuries

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NORTHWEST NEWS

With Overdoses up, States Look at Harsher Fentanyl Penalties

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Detective Files Discrimination Claim Against Seattle Police

Detective Denise “Cookie” Bouldin filed the tort claim Friday. It alleges she has faced daily discrimination during her 43 years with the department.

BNSF Trains Derail in Washington, Arizona; No Injuries

Two BNSF trains derailed in separate incidents in Arizona and Washington state on Thursday, with the latter spilling diesel fuel on tribal land along Puget Sound.

Oregon Legislature Advances $200M Housing Package

The package would dedicate about 0 million to the construction of more affordable housing, rehouse about 1,200 people without homes, prevent homelessness for more than 8,000 and expand shelter capacity by 600 beds.

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Tiffani Penson Announces Campaign for PCC Board, Zone 2

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Black Bag Speaker Series: Oregon Black Pioneers Historic Photograph Collection

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The Making of American Whiteness Book Presentation and Signing to be Held at OHS

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Support for Survivors of Child Sex Trafficking Unanimously Passes Oregon Senate

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Reusable Food Container Bill Passes Oregon Senate

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Deputy shot, wounded in Seattle during eviction, 1 dead

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With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties

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The maddest March ever? Underdogs head to the Sweet 16

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March Madness betting guide: Upsets shuffle favorites' odds

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OPINION

Celebrating 196 Years of The Black Press

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DEQ Announces Suspension of Oregon’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Program

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Silicon Valley Bank collapse concerns founders of color

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New Arizona hotline sees few calls about race-based lessons

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ENTERTAINMENT

Lance Reddick, 'The Wire' and 'John Wick' star, dies at 60

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The Skanner News

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans rapper known as Magnolia Shorty was one of two people shot to death while sitting in a car. The Skanner News Video

Renetta Lowe died Monday along with Jerome Hampton in a barrage of gunfire from what police described as several armed perpetrators driving by.

The Times-Picayune reported that the 28-year-old Lowe and 25-year-old Hampton were pronounced dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds to the head and body.

Lowe signed in the early 1990s with Cash Money Records. She released her first record on the label in 1995. Most recently, she had a pair of local club hits with last year's "Smoking Gun," a remix of the Jadakiss song, and this year's "My Boy," a collaboration with Kourtney Heart.

MLK Breakfast 2023

Photos from The Skanner Foundation's 37th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast.

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The Skanner Foundation held its 37th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast on January 16, 2023 at the Holiday Inn, Columbia River in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Antonio Harris)
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The Skanner Advertising Director Jerry Foster addresses the crowd. The Skanner Foundation held its 37th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast on January 16, 2023 at the Holiday Inn, Columbia River in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Elayna Yussen)
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The Skanner Foundation held its 37th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast on January 16, 2023 at the Holiday Inn, Columbia River in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Elayna Yussen)
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